January 10, 2004 (Manila, Philippines) � The Sining-X Art Collective, the organizers of the Philippines� most underrated and most promising film festival, the eKsperim[E]nto Film & Video Festival announced today that the main festival opening date was moved from February 27, 2004 to March 12, 2004 to give way to �Cinema Paraiso�, a project of the Committee on Cinema of the National Commission for Culture & the Arts. �Cinema Paraiso� screenings are held at the Tanghalang Leandro V. Locsin, the same venue as that of eKsperim[E]nto.
The decision was made after Festival Director Elvert de la Cruz Ba�ares talked with Ms. Josephine Atienza, the Project Coordinator and Programmer of Cinema Paraiso. Ba�ares emphasized the importance of giving way to activities of the same nature.
The 4th eKsperim[E]nto Film & Video Festival will now run from March 12, 2004 to March 19, 2004, making the main festival an eight-day affair. This will be the longest main festival ever staged by eKsperim[E]nto since it started in 2000.
The fourth edition also boasts of more than 100% increase in film and video submissions from around the world; an increase in curated international programs; and, more filmmakers in focus. Compared to last year�s 200 plus submissions, we received a whopping total of 424 films and videos for our fourth edition � the most number of declared short film submission in any film festival in the Philippines ever! Bottomline, this year�s festival is history in the making. eKsperim[E]nto has received submissions from countries like Uganda, Russia, Czech Republic, Portugal, Switzerland, Iran, United Kingdom, Australia, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Germany, Mexico, United States of America, Spain and Canada.
The 424 submissions will be trimmed down and divided into categories by a five-member Preliminary Jury, separate from the International Jury who will choose the final winners. The five member preliminary jury will be announced on February 5, 2004 together with the announcement of the festival�s Official Selections. |
